Women’s basketball gains three new signees

Women's Basketball Coach Teri Moren speaks to the crowd during Hoosier Hysteria on Oct. 21. The women's basketball program added three more recruits on Wednesday.
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The IU women’s basketball team continued to build toward the future earlier this week.

On Wednesday IU announced that three new recruits signed National Letters of Intent to come play for IU Coach Teri Moren’s squad next season.

The most heralded of these recruits is 6-foot guard Grace Berger from Louisville, Kentucky. Leading up to her senior year at Sacred Heart High School this season, Berger has averaged 14.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists. She went 72-25 in high school and made an appearance at last year’s Kentucky state finals.

Much like Berger, 5-foot-6 guard Chanel Wilson is another consummate winner in this year’s signing group. Wilson is from Powder Springs, Georgia, where she has led McEachern High School to three consecutive state championships.

During her junior year, Wilson averaged 12.9 points, 5.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals. However, Wilson is coming off an injury as her season last year was cut short by an ACL tear.

The third recruit is 6-foot-3 forward Aleksa Gulbe out of Riga, Latvia. She is the third Latvian player in women’s program history after Kristiana Stauere and Linda Rubene both played on the 2011-12 team. Gulbe, a surprise signing, averaged 12.4 points and 6.4 rebounds at the 2017 Under-18 European Championship.